Mental Health - December 2006

My Mom was diagnosed w/ clinical depression several months back. She is 73 yrs old. Her common sense reasoning seems to be partially impaired - for instance, in a nursing home, after dinner, she said that she is responsible for collecting all the dirty dishes and put them into the kitchen and that she is responsible for the welfare for all the other people in the nursing home....

Does this kind of delusion related to clinical depression or this is something else ?

Thanks.

2006-12-27 00:58:34 · 4 answers · asked by Eric H 2

2006-12-27 00:17:54 · 10 answers · asked by Terri B 1

I find valium more helpful, than xanax, but a couple of years ago, he rejected the idea. anything i can do or tell him that might change his mind

2006-12-26 23:17:28 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm am from the Philippines. I really have the problem on how to study. You see, we live above commercial building, only have 2 rooms, I have 3 siblings. My parents together with our youngest sister sleeps at the other room while me, my brother and older sister in the other room. We don't have a good study table(no study table at all). While studying, I can't understand what I am reading because I cannot fully concentrate because it is really noisy from the outside and the people around me keeps on going in and going out of the room. TV is on and my brother and sister is playing games in the computer. It's really very chaotic scene. Sometimes, I really wish that I was born in the US. Now, I'm a 2nd year medical student, and I think I can't stand longer in this situation. And our finance is limited. My question is how can I improve my concentration and what is the most effective strategy for this?

2006-12-26 22:28:00 · 4 answers · asked by Mike 3

I am also promising myself, no more ciggaretes, but always smoke than previous day. I have tried, all type of medication and meditation, but always fail to quit smoking. Please don't suggest to me a hypothetical answer like this : increase willpower, believe in god, bla.. bla.. bla... I have tried all this before but can't get a succes. Please give me a scientific reason to quit smoking. Thanks in advance. If you have (inspiration) story to whats could be wrong with smoking. so mostly welcome.

2006-12-26 22:14:02 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Didi it acually work for you? Or did it wear off after a while and you relapsed?? What other treatments with medication are there?

2006-12-26 21:47:30 · 4 answers · asked by Holly is cellorific! 1

2006-12-26 21:40:35 · 9 answers · asked by Rasheed A 1

i am not able to concentrate even for a minute please helpme

2006-12-26 21:23:55 · 12 answers · asked by subumathes 1

i don't know how to put it! i think chocolate. i dream chocolate. i obsess. Help??

2006-12-26 21:23:45 · 10 answers · asked by stevieglenwright 3

...I don't know whether it is Agoraphobia, or a Panic Attack, but generally I have to hide behing a Beard of some kind, to feel "normal" in Public.
I remember my Parents showing me up as a child, maybe it stems from that...?
Anyway, just wondered if anyone else is similarly screwed-up?!?

2006-12-26 21:14:11 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-26 20:52:28 · 8 answers · asked by Live Life 1

I have been to several doctors that say im ok no problems but i am obsessed by worry about things I feel .I start looking up symptoms and start worrying .Why cant I stop doing this and read happy things .I try but I always go back to looking things up about health and the heart and always finds something usually that I rather not find .How an I stop this ?Can someone recommend something happy to read?Yes I take meds am seeing a therpist but he isnt here with me late at night telling me no.I have never been this obsessed before but I hear my heart beat all the time very clearly it worries me and is very annoying.I have been told its a benign condition I have to live with it but is hard not to think of anything else..Anyone have any good links that they can share to take my mind off of this?Please no smart answers im depressed enough .Thanks

2006-12-26 20:00:50 · 9 answers · asked by ? 3

I need to get away i can't deal with all the pain anymore i need to escape and to disappear. does anyone have any suggestions on a safe place in australia for a single person to just get off this world for a while? I need to escape the pain and all the people in my life right now. please help

2006-12-26 19:55:12 · 9 answers · asked by colonel 2

full price for prescriptions? I don't have health insurance as of the new year. My problem is that I am taking three different prescriptions for depression and anxiety, (Wellbutrin XL, Effexor XR, and Ativan) and I can simply not afford to pay full price for them (around $250.00 per prescription). Does anyone have any advice on what I can do to help myself? I am already mentally prepared for withdraw, I just don't want to end up feeling hopeless and worthless. Any advice would greatly be appreciated. Thanks.

2006-12-26 19:37:46 · 15 answers · asked by daisy 3

improving self-esteem*
developing mental toughness*
becoming more assertive*
improving self-confidence*
developing charisma*

2006-12-26 18:47:22 · 11 answers · asked by Ultimate Fighter 4

Anyone out there between jobs? and finding it hard what to do w/your time? I do. Especially since most people I know ARE working so I have way too much time on my hands.....
If anyone out there is going through what I'm going thru, how exactly do you handle it? like what types of things do you do to occupy your time and give you a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day? Things also that help fulfill you....

2006-12-26 18:26:26 · 18 answers · asked by deirdrefaith 4

I hate being alone.I need to communicate people to relax and satisfy.But I think mines is like an obsession.Am ı going crazy ?

2006-12-26 18:25:10 · 16 answers · asked by Katya M 1

I think a have serious mental problem... when I go out in public and see rich people I get really angry. It's not jealousy, it's just something that happens to me... if I could become one of them, honestly, I wouldn't want to. I just think the society ought not to be so... sophisticated. I want everything just to be simple, nothing out of the ordinary. I don't think people should have to look and act different... so basically, I hate uniqueness. I'd much rather have everybody look the same and act the same. No rich people, no poor people, no ugly people, no pretty people. I know, I have issues... I think I really need help! But I don't want to go see a doctor about this, I'm not very good with strangers... I want to do this myself... is is even possible?

2006-12-26 18:08:08 · 21 answers · asked by jenny kim 1

2006-12-26 18:01:15 · 13 answers · asked by Ben 1

2006-12-26 17:53:00 · 20 answers · asked by gudgirl 1

Lately I've been having thoughts of bringing a gun to school and shooting this one girl in the face and then shooting myself in the head. I've been wishing I could do that, too, but I don't because... well I would die. Is this normal? It's been scaring me a lot.

2006-12-26 17:52:39 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-26 17:52:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have tried the following SSRIs-Prozac, Paxil, Lexapro and now Zoloft. They all make me extremely hyperactive like I can't slow down my mind. I talk extremely fast and loud on them and constantly feel agitated and jittery from the hyperactivity. They all help greatly with my anxiety and depression but I don't feel calm and relaxed on them, only hyperactive and very high energy. Are there any antidepressants that have more of a calming effect that don't cause hyperactivity? I'm so hyperactive I feel like a small child high on candy and sugar or too much caffeine.

2006-12-26 17:51:12 · 12 answers · asked by Citygirl 2

2006-12-26 17:47:31 · 21 answers · asked by Caitlyn 1

i went over to this ladys house i know, to give her gifts for xmas, i havent seen her for years, she is 91 and has altimers disease. Her grandson who is 30 lives with her, and he has really baggy eyes, and he is dirty and he talks fast and slurry, im wondering what he is doing, he is in there garage all day claiming "he is tuning a car" which he said for 5 years now, i mean how much can u tune one car, comon? my bf is a car mechanic, i would know. her grandson is up to something, my mom, my sister and i all think he is making a meth lab in the garage, and they recently got this girl puppy, and when she turned over her vaginal area looked different, ive had girl dogs and they dont look all raw and bulgy, (this makes me sick)...um but my mom and i thought the same thing at the same time but she told me when we got home, is this a concidence? we both think that he is doing something with the dog, he is way to friendly to it, calling the dog silly every 5 minutes, and he is just weird.

2006-12-26 17:46:28 · 11 answers · asked by takinbaksunday05 1

i was working in a concern for 3years where i put all my efforts and skills, but taking all my skills, they did not encourage me in anyway..so i just left that job and was at home for 6months..later i got a similar job..but now i couldnt find interest in the job, and lack in everything i do..i couldnt keep any small information in memory..i realised that something going wrong in me..but i couldnt found what is it..and also i know that i should improve myself..but i couldnt take any further steps..i dont know what to do..i want to improve my memory power and show off my skills in me..can anybody tell me what steps i can take..please help me..

2006-12-26 17:43:40 · 4 answers · asked by K.R 2

2006-12-26 17:42:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

i was working in a concern for 3years where i put all my efforts and skills, but taking all my skills, they did not encourage me in anyway..so i just left that job and was at home for 6months..later i got a similar job..but now i couldnt find interest in the job, and lack in everything i do..i couldnt keep any small information in memory..i realised that something going wrong in me..but i couldnt found what is it..and also i know that i should improve myself..but i couldnt take any further steps..i dont know what to do..i want to improve my memory power and show off my skills in me..can anybody suggest me..what steps i can take..please help me..

2006-12-26 17:42:20 · 3 answers · asked by K.R 2

took a combination of drugs on the hope that you would feel normal? (for instance 3 klonopin and 2 blunts) I feel ok but delayed action time is a *****. Don't think I have any typos though).

2006-12-26 17:40:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-26 17:35:34 · 11 answers · asked by lagosalado67 1